Jungyo news

[Moti Dichne]

Yokozuna Houshouryuu joins the jungyo tomorrow. "I intend to do the bouts and the dohyo-iri," he declared.

 Takayasu has announced that he will be withdrawing from the jungyo in Koga, Ibaraki, starting tomorrow, due to a return of his chronic back pain. On the 6th, he submitted a medical certificate to the Kyokai stating "lumbar pain and discopathy, acute lower back pain." The certificate read, "Since the night of August 5, 2025, discomfort in the lower back has developed. This morning, August 6, 2025, the lower back pain worsened, and he visited our hospital that same day. An X-ray of the lumbar spine revealed degeneration of the intervertebral disc, and the diagnosis was determined to be the above (lumbar pain and discopathy, acute lower back pain). Approximately three weeks of rest and treatment are considered necessary." The Ibaraki-born Takayasu will unfortunately be absent from the tour on the 7th, which is scheduled to take place in his hometown. In the Nagoya  Approximately three weeks later, on the 29th of this month, the tour will stop in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, for the second time in this summer tour. Whether he will be able to rejoin the group by then will depend on his future recovery.